Why 'Tomb Raider' Is The One Game You Should Play This Year

March 6, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Interview: The Minds Behind 'Tomb Raider' On How They Rebooted The Biggest Game In The World Who writes video games? Fifteen years ago the answer wasn't obvious - with the odd exception it was usually a mix of coders, artists, marketing people and executives. Just not writers. In these gradually enlightening times, that's starting to change. And not just in the indie scene. Take Tomb Raider, the gritty big-budget reboot of the legendary Lara Croft character, which has won rave reviews and looks set to storm the charts. We spoke to Tomb Raider creator Ian Livingtone and the new game's head writer Rhianna Pratchett to find out. Continue reading... Microsoft Fined Half A BILLION Pounds Airline Sells Tickets To View Comet's Dramatic Light Show From The Air Apple iPhone 5S For Summer Release? PICS: 'Bat Mouse' Hovers In Mid-Air Using Magnets, Magic PICS: Nasa Craft Captured Venus Between Saturn's Rings Why Games Writing Has Never Been More Important - Or Accessible Why Games Writing Has Never Been More Important - Or Accessible Biologists Create 'Zombie Cells' In The Lab Will This Stunning 'Transparent' Phone Change The World Of Tech? Physicists Find Evidence That The Universe Is A 'Giant Brain' Biologists Create 'Zombie Cells' In The Lab JOEY FAULKNER America's Opinion on Drones Is Baffling The outrage at the civilian drones is to be expected. There's never going to be a new advancement in the government watching people that isn't going to be met with some resistance, I'd put a lot of money on there having been a similar backlash against helicopters or CCTV. Continue reading... ANDREW DUNNETT How Mobile Phones Are Fighting Domestic Violence In the UK - where, unbeknown to many, two women die every week as a result of domestic violence - high smartphone and tablet penetration has enabled digital media to be used effectively in raising awareness. Continue reading... JANE SPARROW Google - A Glass-Half-Full Company So what are Google? They are not upstarts or start-ups anymore, having now been around for 15 years. They are not evil (as they keep telling us). What they are is clever - they are a 'Clever Company', a niche category that so many others fail to grasp. Continue reading... JAMES GRANLEESE The Life of a Nerd Hello, I'm James and I am a computer nerd. Well, when I say "nerd", I just mean that I'm fairly capable when it comes to computers. That's the only thing that makes me a nerd! Well, that and the fact that I do A-Level Maths. And that I'm socially inept. And that I dislike all forms of sports. And that I'm bad with women. And wear glasses. Continue reading... INTELLIGENCE SQUARED Smarter Cities: The Importance of Future Urban Planning The scale and pace of urban development is startling. Allowing for a world population of nine billion people by 2050, every single new person on the planet will be accounted for in a city somewhere - that's eight new Londons a year for the next 40 years. Continue reading... You have received this UK Tech email from AOL (UK) Limited, who provides UK Tech. You can choose to stop receiving these emails at any time, by clicking on UNSUBSCRIBE in any MyDaily email you receive. We respect your privacy and will never forward your data on to a third party without your consent. For full details of AOL's (UK) Limited's policy click here. AOL (UK) Limited believes the information contained in this email to be correct but makes no guarantees as to its accuracy. Copyright © 2012 AOL (UK) Limited AOL (UK) Limited, Shropshire House, 11-20 Capper St, London, WC1E 6JA.